23 Jun 1971
Shaft
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Top Billed Cast
John Daniels Mr. Jonathan
Tanya Boyd Brenda St. John
Joseph Carlo Mr. Wilson
Skip E. Lowe Artie
Gary Allen Richard
William Bonner Maddox
Bruce Kerley Jackson
Sheldon Lee Chauffeur
Anne Gaybis Mrs. Phillips
Heather Leigh Mrs. Simpson
Fred D. Scott Freddie
Marl Pero Peg
Kelly Beau Meg
Ruby Williams Ruby
Helene Farber Manicurist
Michael Donovan O'Donnell Chicken Chaser at Barbecue
Jacqulin Cole New Receptionist (as Edith Wheeler)
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